It’s football season, though, and the Los Angeles center fielder tweeted the other day about not playing his second sport.

“I miss football… Can I get a tryout @RamsNFL something like Tebow’s. High school comparison Jordy Nelson. #offseasonjob.”

Tim Tebow, of course, has gone from playing in the NFL to playing minor league baseball in the New York Mets organization.

The Rams jumped right on it, saying in a reply tweet “our scouting department is reviewing the film now.”

On Tuesday Pederson got his chance. He and Dodgers infielder Micah Johnson got to be on the receiving end of some passes from Jared Goff. The former Cal quarterback and No. 1 pick is getting his first NFL start this weekend.

There was, of course, no fulltime gig. Pederson did enjoy himself, apparently, tweeting at day’s end “thanks to @RamsNFL for having me out to practice to see my guy @JaredGoff16.”

Oh, by the way. Brittany Spears was at Tuesday’s practice, too. For what it’s worth.

John Hickey is a sports reporter for the Bay Area News Group who returned to the organization in 2013 to cover the A's, a team he'd covered previously from 1986-1999. In between he covered the Mariners in Seattle for 13 seasons.

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